TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The comptroller of the athletic booster club at Florida State University is accused of "misappropriating" between $500,000 and $700,000.
Sanford Lovingood turned himself in to the Leon County Sherriff's Office on Wednesday and is charged with first-degree grand theft of over $100,000. He remained in the Leon County Jail on Thursday morning.
Seminole Booster Chief Executive Officer and President Andy Miller said in a news release issued jointly by the club and Florida State University that 65-year-old Lovingood was terminated immediately by the booster club. A forensic audit is underway to determine how much money is missing and how it was taken.
The club provides financial support to FSU's athletic program.
Jail records did not indicate whether Lovingood has retained a lawyer.